Google Zurich team matching taking forever

Oct 23, 2020 34 Comments

Does anyone know if there are still head-counts left for Google Zurich for 2020 for SWE or SWE-SRE roles? I have been looped in for team matching for half a year but no luck so far. Does anyone happen to know if any team still has head count left?

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  • Did you talk with any manager from Zurich? I have two teams interested talking me but I think my chances are pretty low until february.
    Oct 24, 2020 6
  • Amazon
    trololo123

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    trololo123
    Same situation here. I have HC approval since 8 months ago, and still in the team matching phase. What I don't get is, if they are almost not hiring and have a huge waiting list for team matching, why there is a generalist SWE job opening for Zurich in the Google job site.
    Oct 26, 2020 3
    • Amazon
      trololo123

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      trololo123
      That doesn't make any sense to me... if the waitlist is huge and they mostly use internal candidates to fill the scarce positions they have, why would they add more people to the problem by allowing extra people to enter the pipeline? :/

      I dislike Warsaw pretty much. I would only consider going there if it's either that or losing the HC approval that I got.
      Oct 26, 2020
    • Maybe they don't want to look like they're on a hiring freeze since most of its competitors aren't
      Oct 26, 2020
  • Wow 6 months? I thought they didn't have an hiring freeze. Was planning to interview there around January, hope it will be better by then...
    Oct 23, 2020 7
    • Google Zurich is the only place in EU where you get paid well, and the city is quite chill as well. Munich is regular pay regular city imo, nothing really special about it
      Oct 24, 2020
    • True, Zurich has better pay. Munich is a bit cheaper and not that bad option IMO. I like Munich better than Zurich as a city, but everyone has their own preference :)
      Oct 24, 2020
  • According to my recruiter, February is when new head counts will be available but in the beginning of the process, she also said there is a huge waiting list.
    Oct 24, 2020 2
  • Google
    eerr

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    eerr
    Even internally there are very few openings. You picked a really bad time to get hired, sorry.

    Fwiw I was also stuck in team matching forever during a hiring freeze.
    Oct 23, 2020 1
    • Were you matched at a team in zurich? Or any other country? I am in a similar situation where the recruiter is saying that they only have openings in Warsaw and all other places within EMEA is on a hiring freeze
      Oct 26, 2020